The efficacy and function of gray-green water ramie

Traditional Chinese medicine culture is profound and extensive, and Chinese medicinal materials account for a large proportion of it. Do you know about gray-green water ramie? What are its effects and functions, and how to eat it? I believe many people are very interested in it. Let me tell you one by one below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of gray-green water ramie of the Urticaceae family.

[Original form] Subshrub or perennial herb, 1-2m high. There are short hairs on the upper part. Leaves are opposite or nearly opposite; petioles are up to 10 cm long, and the petioles of the same pair of leaves are of unequal length; leaf blades are ovate or elliptic-ovate, up to 20 cm long and 3-7 cm wide, with short acuminate tips, rounded or shallowly cordate bases, slightly oblique, with small teeth on the margins above the base, slightly rough above with short procumbent hairs, and more or less gray-green below with short procumbent hairs. The spike inflorescence is solitary in the leaf axil, either dioecious or monoecious. The female inflorescence is located at the upper part of the stem, branching near the base, with the branches extending straight upward; the male inflorescence is below. Male flowers have 4 tepals; 4 stamens; the reduced pistil is narrowly obovate. The perianth of female flowers is fusiform or elliptic, with 2 small teeth at the tip. Flowering period is from July to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown under mountain forests or beside ditches at an altitude of 840-1000m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and swelling reduction. Primary osteomyelitis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-30g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application; or boil it in water and scrub it.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This is all we have to say about the efficacy of gray-green water ramie. I hope it will be helpful to you. Although the value of gray-green water ramie is very high, we must be cautious when eating it.